The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Saint Mary’s Gaels (18-6, 9-0 WCC) at Pacific Tigers (6-18, 0-9 WCC) Stockton, California; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pacific hosts the Saint Mary’s Gaels after Cam …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, Yost said the July 3 cutoff for the “Ohio Voters Bill of …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. UT Martin Skyhawks (14-9, 7-3 OVC) at Little Rock Trojans (12-11, 6-4 OVC) Little Rock, Arkansas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Martin takes on the Little …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Rob Blake hopes a new voice and approach behind the bench turns around the Los Angeles Kings season. When it comes to what else Blake is looking for after firing Todd McLellan as coach and naming Jim Hiller the interim for the rest of the season, the general manager was vague. “Jim will have a …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Northwestern State Demons (6-16, 4-5 Southland) at Nicholls State Colonels (11-10, 6-2 Southland) Thibodaux, Louisiana; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Colonels -7; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM …

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray loves that the Denver Nuggets can turn to their championship mettle in crunch time. He hates that they have to rely on that so often. “I think we should just be a little bit more on point to start the game, not to have to kick it into another gear,” Murray said after the Denver …

The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers. The health effects of police violence on Black people “need to be documented as a critical first step to reduce these harms,” three editors …

Calgary Flames (22-22-5, sixth in the Pacific Division) vs. Boston Bruins (31-9-9, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins host the Calgary Flames after David Pastrnak scored two goals in the Bruins’ 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Boston has gone 16-4-3 in home games and 31-9-9 overall. The Bruins are 12-1-2 …

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams says preparation was key to his saving four of the five penalties he faced in a shootout to help the Bafana Bafana reach the Africa Cup of Nations semifinals. Williams’ saves against Cape Verde in their quarterfinal match on Saturday were unprecedented – no other goalkeeper had saved so many …

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Kurt Hamrin, a former Fiorentina and Sweden great who was the last living player to have participated in the 1958 World Cup final, has died. He was 89. The Swedish soccer federation announced Hamrin’s death on Sunday. No more details were disclosed. “One of Swedish football’s biggest icons has left us. Rest in peace Kurt “Kurre” …